Merry Menagerie Brings the Holiday Magic to Disney’s Animal Kingdom
If you’ve been following along with MickeyBlog, you may have seen that we’re spending a sunny afternoon at Disney’s Animal Kingdom. The holidays have definitely arrived at Walt Disney World and that includes the enchanting Merry Menagerie at Animal Kingdom.
In the lead-in to Christmas, Discovery Island celebrates winter with wintry holiday décor as well as some furry friends that make the rounds.
Pop by anytime of day and you’ll see sparkling white holiday decorations and animal-inspired luminaries.
As you can see from these images, at various points throughout the day, the area springs to life with a “Merry Menagerie” of winter animals.
These beauties are accompanied by serenading musicians and combine to create a whimsical wonderland of festive fun.
We managed to catch the polar bear in action today.
As you can see this beauty is all white with golden accents.
The handler is even dressed in a coordinated outfit.
In addition to our polar bear friend you’ll also find reindeer, foxes, penguins and more!
Disney has previously said that each of these adorable animals are hand-crafted using natural materials and fabrics.
The animals come to life through some magical puppetry and other theatrical techniques.
Best of all, these cuties will even interact directly with guests!
The Merry Menagerie officially kicked off on November 8th and will run through the holiday season.
Readers are encouraged to keep following along with MickeyBlog for further Animal Kingdom news and updates.
We’ll be paying more visits to Animal Kingdom this holiday season and looking forward to showing you other awesome Merry Menagerie animals!
We’ll be coming to you LIVE from the theme parks each and every week.
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